Demon Lord

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Chapter 157

Elonian calendar 588, October 17th.

The woodland is covered with withered and yellow leaves, and late autumn is getting late. Although the cold winter has not yet arrived, when the clouds are thick, the mild wind in the past has become damp and biting.

The temperature in the forest at night was approaching freezing point, and most of the animals that had been desperately looking for food some time ago had disappeared. The huge Silent Whispering Forest seemed much cleaner than before. If it is said that the ones that are still active now, except for some animals that haven't saved enough fat and are worried about wintering, only the human mercenary group that is still active, and those wood elves who originally lived in this forest .

At a distance of ten kilometers from the edge of the forest, the village of Elsa belonging to the wood elves was disrupted by an unexpected incident on this day.

It is said that this is a village, but it is actually a forest from a distance - the wood elves live in tree holes dug at the bottom of tall forests, so their buildings hardly show traces of man-made. If you walk in and have a look, you can see a place where towering trees are densely packed, and each tree trunk has a large tree hole two or three meters above the ground, and the wood elves live here In the regular space opened up in the tree hole. The largest tree hole is the entrance. The so-called door is a wooden cover, and the smaller tree holes become windows for ventilation. In winter, these small tree holes are blocked by elves to keep warm.

In days like previous years, the elves had already hunted enough prey to prepare for the winter, and they rarely came out for activities. A dozen or so young wood elves can be seen talking excitedly to an old elf...

Quiet!

The voice of the village head of Brody was almost drowned in the words of these elves. He is ninety-three years old this year, with a full beard, a lot of leaves hanging on his dark brown hair, an old face full of wrinkles and bags under his eyes. He was deep and big, holding a knotty wooden stick in his hand. Seeing that these young juniors were still yelling, he frowned and said: I already know what happened, but before I made a decision, you and What am I arguing about?!

Village Chief! These cunning humans must have no good intentions!

Village chief, unite with other villages and teach them a profound lesson!

If you insult our people, you have to pay the price!

Yes! Pay the price!

Faced with this messy voice, Village Chief Brody's face was very ugly. He simply raised his wooden stick and recited a spell, then slammed on the ground, and directly cast a large-scale spiritual tranquility— — After the emerald green light suddenly spread out, the wood elves who were affected immediately became quieter, and their excited expressions gradually calmed down.

At what price? Do you want to start a war?

He pointed at the young elves with hatred and said, some of them lowered their heads and dared not look him in the eyes, but some of them were very unconvinced, and the youngest among them had a stalk of neck. , opened his voice and said, What happened to the war? Village chief, we are not afraid of humans!

Do you think war is the same as hunting? Do you think you don't have to be afraid of any enemies in the forest? Brody raised his wooden stick and hit him on the head, with a crisp sound of bang bang bang, It’s just a mercenary group who came here to make trouble, so you just want to destroy the Karen Kingdom? Do you really think this is seven hundred years ago?”

As soon as seven hundred years ago was mentioned, these elves collectively fell silent, and their heads hung down one by one. The elf whose head was knocked wanted to speak hard, but seeing the fierce staring eyes of the village chief, he finally insisted. Swallowing back the contradictory words, he muttered in a low voice: They beat Aix! If Nata hadn't arrived, I'm afraid these humans would have dragged Aix away... You also said,

Humans will treat wood elves as——sell them as goods!

I will find someone to deal with this matter, but I won't let you mess around now... Hugo, go and call Nata. I'll wait for her in the tree hole in Aix.

Hugo, with several swellings on his head, answered in a low voice. He looked only seventeen or eighteen years old. He was young and impulsive, and although he stopped talking nonsense, his resentment towards human beings was clearly gone. Putting it on his face, after receiving the order, his face was stretched out, and he dragged towards the tree hole where Nata was.

The wood elves who gathered here before left directly, obviously obedient to the prestige of the village chief, but in the conversation in twos and threes, there was still hostility towards humans.

Here, the village chief Brody has come to the tree hole of the wood elf named Akers. The circular space is about ten square meters. The pure wooden room always has a faint woody fragrance. The round windows It was turned on, and the dim light shone in, and the bandage wrapped around Ax's head was clearly visible. Brody walked over and sat by the wooden bed, frowning and asked, Why did this happen all of a sudden? You said those humans attacked you for no reason?

Although Akers lying on the bed looked thin and small, he was a very capable young hunter in the village. The hunting team in Elsa Village is basically a group operation, but today he ran alone to chase a wild boar. Because it was in the area near the village, Akers relaxed his vigilance and easily caught up with and killed the wild boar. Who knows...

They came out of nowhere. There were a lot of them, and they were all fierce. I couldn't understand what they were saying. The leader was tall and powerful—

Ax looked dejected, aggrieved and angry, rubbing his head while talking, I can't stop his attack at all, that guy moves fast and hard, I...

I heard from Hugo that they still want to take you away?

Yeah, if Nata hadn't arrived, followed by a group of people to help, I'm afraid I would have been dragged away by them all the way— He showed a little scared expression at this point, What do those humans want to do? ? They've never been near here before.

It may be a small trouble, or it may be a big trouble. Anyway, you must be careful when you go out to the team recently, the frowning village head Brody was actually at a loss. He was about to say a few words of comfort when he heard the tree hole cover being bang Bang bang sounded, and then Hugo poked his head in, and shouted in a panicked voice: Village chief! There is a human outside the village!

what happened?

All of Brody's old faces were twisted together—this group of humans, after beating them, are they still going to come up and talk about it? !

What are you panicking about? I'll go and watch, let Lando lead the people to get ready for battle.

With a support of the wooden stick, Brody walked out without any hesitation despite his frightening age.

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At the same time, in a tree hole in the corner of the village, Nata holding a bow and arrow was looking out the window in a daze.

Since the meeting with Rody in the forest more than a month ago, Nata has been in a daze significantly more times—the two arrows taken from the steel-tailed leopard have been placed in front of the small wooden On the table, every time she comes back from hunting, she can't help but think of that guy's precise and quick two arrows...

Since that experience, Nata has been working hard to imitate Roddy's amazing rate of fire and calm demeanor when hunting. Such changes have made her level seem to have improved a lot compared to before. When the deadly prey was brought back to the village with one arrow, the old hunters in the hunting team were a little surprised at her progress - but such admiration made Nata even more troubled...

Only she knew that this so-called progress seemed so childish in front of that guy...

Because of Roddy, she began to be interested in human beings, and even developed an uncontrollable curiosity in her heart. In the past, it was difficult for Nata, whose mood was as cold and rigid as her face, to be interested in anything, but over the past month or so, she has found that shadow has been completely lingering in her mind.

Why does that guy named Roddy speak Elvish? Why does it always feel like he knows me very well?

After much deliberation, Nata gradually realized that human beings are not as greedy and shameless as the village chief Brody said—but the thoughts that have just changed a little bit have completely changed today.

An hour ago, when Nata returned to the village and saw that Akers was knocked to the ground by several humans and was about to be dragged away, she had to use a bow and arrow to communicate with these vicious guys!

When it comes to the safety of the wood elves, Nata never hesitates—if those humans hadn't held up their shields to block the arrows and decisively dropped the injured Xex and turned around to run away, Nata would definitely have chased after them and left a few behind. Personally.

When rescuing Akers, Nata looked at his bloody head, but suddenly became confused... Rody's behavior at the beginning made her think that all human beings are friendly and peaceful, even if they are a little It's different, humans shouldn't have the intention to actively harm the wood elves—

But...why?

Why are these humans attacking the wood elves? Why drag Ax away?

Could it be that the guy named Rody is also like this?

Nata?

The words outside the tree hole interrupted her thinking, and she didn't need to think about it to know that it was Lando who had just returned to the village—the other party's intention to pursue her was well known in the whole village, but Nata really didn't think about starting a relationship with someone in the past. What love life. But because there are not many people in the tribe, although Nata has a cold temper, she will not be upset because of Lando's stalking. At this time, she didn't speak, and Lando leaned in from the tree hole and said with a smile: Do you mind if I come in?

Nata glanced over, then turned back with no expression.

This was the answer of don't mind to Lando. He came in from the tree hole, his movements were light and silent. At this time, he was wearing a well-cut linen robe and his long hair was simply tied. Although he did not carry a weapon , but with a strong and slender figure standing there, it can really be called a majestic abnormality.

It's just that Nata wasn't interested in watching him put on a cool show at all, she just stared at the two arrows left by Rody on the table.

(to be continued)

PS: I go out for a day, and I have to go out again when I get home to take a breather. Recently, there are one more updates, and I'm really overwhelmed...